Part of Speech

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The topic in this post is about Part of Speech.
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In the English language, words can be considered as the smallest elements that have distinctive meanings. Based on their use and functions, words are categorized into several types of parts of speech. This post will offer definitions and examples for the 8 major parts of speech in English grammar : noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, adjective, conjunction, preposition, and interjection

1. NOUN

This part of speech refers to words that are used to name persons, things, places, ideas, and activity or events. There are different types of noun namely :

a. Proper → proper nouns always start with a capital letter and refers to specific names of persons, places, or things.

Example : Game of Thrones, Shakey's Pizza

b. Common → common nouns are the opposite of proper nouns. These are just generic names of
person, things, or places.
Examples : car, dog, computer, river, Daniel

c. Concrete → is a noun which names anything (or anyone) that you can perceive through your physical senses : touch, sight, taste, bearing, smell

d. Abstract → is a noun which names anything which you can not perceive through your physical senses, and is the opposite of a concrete noun, such as : liberty, love, justice

e. Countable → countable noun (count noun) is a noun with both a singular and plural form, and it names anything (or anyone) that you can count.

f. Non-countable → (or mass noun) is a noun which does not have a plural form, and which refers to something that you could (or would) not usually count, such as : oxygen, furniture, or gravel

g. Collective → collective noun is a noun naming a group of things, animals, or persons, such as : flork, jury, committee, class

Example of using "noun" :
- Daniel is a kind person
- Today is Angel's birthday
- Dogs can be extremely cute.


2. PRONOUN
A pronoun is a part of speech which functions as a replacement for a noun, often to avoid repeating the noun. You use pronouns like he, which, none, you, she, we, they, it.
Examples :
a. The sailor told the boys, that they could use his boat.
b. Betty has a driver's license, but she doesn't have it with her.
c. "Bob, your father wants you to call him".


3. VERB
This is the most important part of speech, for without a verb, a sentence would not exist. Verb are often known as 'doing words'. They can also show 'having' or 'being'. 
Examples of "State of Being Verbs" : am, is, are, was, were
Sample sentences :
a. They are always prepared in emergencies. (The verb 'are' refers to the state of being of the pronoun 'they', which is the subject in the sentence)
b. The horse jumped the fence.
c. The rider had a fall.


4. ADVERB
Just like adjectives, adverbs are also used to describe words, but the difference is that adverbs describe adjectives, verbs, or another adverb. An adverb indicates manner, time, place, cause, or degree and answer questions as how, when, where, how much

The different types of adverbs are :
a. Adverb of Manner → this refers to how something happens or how an action is done.
    Example : Anna danced gracefully (The word 'gracefully' tells how Anna dance)
b. Adverb of Time → this states when something happens or when it is done.
    Example : She came yesterday (The italicized word tells when she came)
c. Adverb of Place → this tells something about where somehing happens or where is something is done.
    Example : Of course, I looked everywhere.
d. Adverb of Degree → this states the intensity or the degree to which a specific things happens or is done.
    Example : The child is very talented (The italicized adverb answer the question, "To what degree is the child talented?")


5. ADJECTIVE
An adjective modifies a noun or pronoun by describing, identifying, or quantifying words. An adjective usually precedes the noun or the pronoun which it modifies.
Examples :
a. I have two hamsters. (The word two is an adjective which describes the number of the noun).
b. Wow! That doughnut is huge. (Huge is an adjective which describes the size of the noun).
c. She wore a blue dress.


6. CONJUCTION
Conjunction link words, sentences or part of a sentence together.
You use a coordinating conjunction (and, but, or, for, so, yet) to join individual words, phrases, and independent clauses.
The most common coordinating conjunction are : after, although, as, before, how, ifm, once, since, than, that, thought, until, when, whether, and while.

Correlative conjunctions always appears in paird -- you use them to link equivalent sentence elements. The most correlative conjunctions are : both...and ; either...or ; neither...nor ; not only...but also ; so...as ; and whether...or.
Examples :
a. The road was busy. And it was loud.
b. I closed the door but I didn't lock it because I thought she was still inside.
c. Neither the speeches nor the music was very interesting.


7. PREPOSITION
This part of speech basically refers to words that specify location or location in time. Prepositions come before nouns or pronouns and usually show a connection.
Some common prepositions are : at, under, over, of, to, in, out, beneath, beyond, for, among, after, before, within, down, up, without, with, outside, inside, between, by, on, from, until, toward, throughout, across, above, around.
Examples :
a. Your pen is on the desk.
b. The children went to the park.
c. Beyond the city limits there is no rule against fireworks.


8. INTERJECTION
This part of speech refers to word which express emotions. Since interjections are commonly used to convey strong emotions, they are usually followed by an exclamation point.
Example :
a. Ouch! That must have hurt.
b. Hurray, we won!
c. Hey! I said enough!

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Source :
http://partofspeech.org/
www.depa.univ-paris8.fr/IMG/pdf/Parts_pf_Speech.pdf
www.plainenglish.co.uk/files/partofspeech.pdf


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